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APPLICATION FILED OCT; 2. I9I4.

Patented Juli@ 13,1916.l

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

I lll lll @mum/vio@ Wip' d TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH DOZIER, 0F COLUMBUS, GIEOIBGYrIA.`

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;.ismsa y To all-whom it may concern:

B e itknown that I, J o sErH Dozinn, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Columbus, inthe county of Muscogee and State of Georgimhave invented new and useful Improvements in Ties, of.which"tbe following ,isv a specification. l y f My present invention relates to improvements 1n ties-for railway rails. l y

Inyearrying out my invention it is my purpose to construct a tie of plastic material and to have arranged therein rail seats of a i lnforce 1 the tie, members beingassociatedv lli;`

`eculiar formation which'will eifectivel rewithrthe rail seats for sustaining the same 1n .pro er spaced relation with each other, the saidp members being adjustable with relation to the said rail seats andV also providing re-` inforin members for the 'plastic tie.

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It is a so my lurpose to provide a plastic tie with metal ic members. forming rail seats, the said seats having simple but effective means for securing the railsthereon, the underfaoes of the seats'being provided with both longitudinal and transverse ribs tg secure the seats within the plastic tie as' Well asfor reinforcin the said tie, while adjustable 'longitudina ly extending members" pass through suitable openings in the transverse ribs of the rail platesand are secured thereto, thus properly spacing the oppositely dis osed seats as wel as providing longitudine reinforcing members for the tie.` f i `With the above and other objects in view, the improvement resides 'n the construction, combinationffand arr gement of parts set forth in the following specification 'and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a tie constructed in accordance with the present invention, showing rails supported upon and secured to the same, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional. view approximatelyi on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, Fig.

3 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 3`3 of Fig. 2, Fig. Ltis Aan enlarged perspective view of'one of the seat, and Fig. 8 is.` a transverse sectional view through the same. The tie 1 is constructed of plastic mam terial which maybe suitably reinforced, but.

Patented June 13, 1916. Applicaties ined october 2, 1914. serial Nb. 864,654.

providing'the same with rail. ach of the 'seats has its upperf.;

portion formed of an elongated substan;

tially rectangular metal plate 3, the same havingV its underface centrally rovided with a longitudinally extending r1b 4 and with transverse members orribs 'which intersect the rib 4 and are disposed a suitable distance awa y from the ends of therrib 4: andfrom the ends of. the top member 3'.'` Thev ribs 6 extend a distance below the rib 4, and;

as shown in the cross sectional viewof'the drawings, the rib. 4 is substantially V- shaped 1n cross section. the apexl thereof being` preferably rounded, as indicated by the numeral 7, and the portions of said rib 4 projecting beyond the outer faces of the ribs 6 are flared'or gracefully rounded downwardly toward the edge 7 of the rail.

The ribs 6 are preferably of the same thickness throughout, and are formed with thev longitudinal` edges in the base of the top 3,'

the same being rounded` inwardly from the said lower edges and from thence outwardly to provide what I will term eyes 8, and the' lower portions of the ribs 6 between the eyes are rounded upwardly, as at 9. The ribarranged adjacent what I will term-the outer edge of each of the members2 is pro- Avided' with a threaded o ening which com-r -municates with one of t e eyes 8, each of sald openings receiving the threaded stem of a securing bolt 10.

Preferably thel outer portion of the plate' or head 3 is of a greaterwidth than the inner portion 1l thereof. and the widened portion is of a 'greater length than the said inner portion, the inner and outer portions being connected by angular walls 1Q. The purpose for this arrangement is two fold. ln the first place, the l enlarged portion v which is designated b v the numeral 13. will be prevented from sliding inwardly of the plastic body comprising the tie, and secondly. the said widened portion provides ample space for two longitudinally extending depressions 14. -Formed at the side walls of the depressions 14 are laterally extending ribs provided with teeth 19.

These ribs extend from one of the end walls.l

accommodate the heads of bolts hereinafter 5 referred to rkand the space between the ribs will. accommodate the Shanks of the said bolts.'`

',Lblocks having their 'lower faces provided .10i-With teeth which co-act with the teeth 19 ofthe ribs. These clamps have their l'f er faces'anged, as at 22, to engage with lli: base anges of the rails 23 and the bodies -,`fthe, clamps are 'provided with vertical "openings for the reception of the bolts 24 'iwhile nuts 26 engage with the said bolts ,to -force the teeth 20 to engage betu-'eentlie teeth 19 and likewise'force the lips 22 against 'the base flanges of the rails 23. The heads 25 of'the bolts 24 are first passedthrpugh the enlarged openings 16 before the ypiession or channel having'its opposite walls .anged and provided upon their upper faces 'jwith vteeth i21,7 to receive lthe toothed lower 36 faces of clamps similar to thel clamps 21 and -J :also providing lforthe longitudinal adjustment of the said clamps and the arrange- ,-ment-of bolts-similar to the bolts 24 to en- ;gage with the said'clamps.'

`- similar to that described, except that the pocketsfor the rail engaging clamps are arofa similar construction to that previously' frail engagin fclamps. .fDuring th 'process of molding the tie 1, 'etal "rods 30' are passed longitudinally hronugh( the eyepsof the transverse, ribs 6, the 'embers' 3j 'being longitudinally adjusted l mold.

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grallS. -23 are arranged upon the plates or seats,- andtherea'fter, it will be notedthat a simple n Figs. 7 and 8 the device is substantially ranged in alinement, the said pockets being 'described, as are also the' rail engaging clamps `and, .the Isecuring .elements for the y in presence of two witnessesupon the said rods before 'the plastic material forming the tie is tamped in the The adjusting bolts 10 are forced into Contact with the rods 30 for properly spacing the members 2witli relation to each posed rail plates 2 but also serve as reinforcing elements for the plastic tie. Likewise, the longitudinal ribs l as well as the transverse ribs 6 of the members 2 serve as effective reinforcements for the ends of the tie. f

` From the above description, taken in connection With thev accompanying drawing, the simplicityl of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art'to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In aA plastic railway tie,'metal rail, seats vcom risin alininU-substantiall rectanuular members having their inner ends reduced, transverse substantially V-sliaped ribs upon the underface of the said members, rod

The rods 30 not onlyserve as re-'l l l n I taining members .for the oppositely dis- The lnumerals 2l designate clamping y members passing through openings in the ribs and connecting the opposite rail seats, the Wider outer end of the seats having spaced longitudinal depressions, the reduced ends-of the seats having longitudinal depressions, all of the depressions having the side walls thereof from one of the end waills formed with lateral ribs which terminate' the Shanks of the headed members, and ysecuring elements `for the said Shanks.

In testimony whereof I ailiX my signature vJOSEPH DOZIER.

Witnesses: l

S. A. Boario, J. H. JoHNsoN.y

'undeilfaces upon the ribs and engaged by 

